kimmym 's review for:

Go Hunt Me by Kelly deVos

2.5

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I was so excited to read this one and really wanted to love it! The synopsis sounded like my kind of book! So I’m disappointed not to have loved it.

One thing that disappointed me was that, despite the cover art and synopsis, this is not a supernatural/paranormal story. There are no actual vampires or anything, so I feel a little misled. But without vampires, it’s still a pretty good set up!

A dark, crumbling building in a remote location, no connection to family back home or even the outside world, flickering lights…so where did it go wrong for me?

I loved the setting and the atmosphere, and it seemed like it was trying to say something about patriarchy and sexism, but I think the characters all felt so flat and one dimensional, which made it so hard to be invested in the life or death stakes. It didn’t mean anything to me when one of them disappeared or turned up dead, unfortunately.

And the ending…it’s the kind of ending that I think I could have appreciated if I thought the rest of the book was stronger, but as it was it sort of came out of nowhere and then left me feeling a bit tricked.

So despite my high hopes, this one unfortunately just wasn’t for me.

(Received from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.)